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Years of service
  
1831-1882

Battles and wars
  
Battles/wars
  
Service/branch
  

Name
  
Charles Hillyar

Rank
  
Admiral

Allegiance
  
Commands held
  
HMS GladiatorHMS QueenHMS OctaviaEast Indies & Cape of Good Hope StationPacific StationChina Station

Died
  
December 14, 1888, Torpoint, United Kingdom

Admiral Sir Charles Farrell Hillyar KCB (1817 – 14 December 1888) was a Royal Navy admiral who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

Born the son of Admiral Sir James Hillyar, Charles Hillyar joined the Royal Navy in 1831. Promoted to Captain in 1852, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He commanded HMS Queen from 1859 and HMS Octavia from 1865.

Hillyar became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Cape of Good Hope in 1865, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1872 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1877. He retired in 1882.

Hillyar lived at Torre House at Torpoint in Cornwall.

References

Charles Hillyar Wikipedia


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